Hi everyone, I know a lot of people can take or leave reliced guitars and basses. I personally like them. I bought this cheap (less than $100.00) brand new Tele copy a couple days ago with the idea to try to relic a guitar myself. I think many people who try to do relics go way overboard on the wear. I think a little goes a long way.
I dis-assembled the guitar then proceeded to mark up the paint and lightly sanded most of the body. I then lightly sanded the pickguard to remove some of the gloss and added scratches to look like pick scratches.
I used Muriatic acid on all of the hardware. I also shaped the headstock by eye, (could be better but close enough).
Here is how the guitar arrived:
Here it is two days later.
btw the guitar plays and sounds very good:
I dis-assembled the guitar then proceeded to mark up the paint and lightly sanded most of the body. I then lightly sanded the pickguard to remove some of the gloss and added scratches to look like pick scratches.
I used Muriatic acid on all of the hardware. I also shaped the headstock by eye, (could be better but close enough).
Here is how the guitar arrived:
Here it is two days later.
btw the guitar plays and sounds very good:
